Anna Caplice: Time to leave colour and pain of Brighton behind, knockout rugby in Exeter is what it’s all about

Linda Djougang, right, and Sadhbh McGrath salute the Irish fans

Sitting on the colourful streets of sunny Brighton on a Monday morning, there are the remnants of a fabulous weekend of rugby strolling around with their luggage getting breakfast before heading for the last trains.

What promised to be a huge weekend for Irish rugby was almost that – just missing a few seven-pointer cherries on top.

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